U.S. Navy censures three admirals in bribery and corruption scandal

Secretary Ray Mabus sent each of the flag officers — Rear Adms. Mike Miller, Terry Kraft and David Pimpo — letters of censure over their conduct during the six-month deployment of the aircraft career Ronald Reagan, beginning January 2006, Defense News reported.

The three “were found to have improperly accepted gifts from a prohibited source, two were found to have improperly endorsed a commercial business and one engaged in solicitation of gifts and services from a prohibited source, when they were deployed to the Seventh Fleet area of responsibility during the 2006-2007 timeframe,” the Navy said in a statement, Defense News reported.

Naval officials found that the three “violated the Standars of Ethical Conduct, U.S. Navy regulations and/or the Joint Ethics Regulation, demonstrating poor judgment and a failure of leadership,” the news outlet said.